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🌱 Why a Canton apartment shooting led to life without parole

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  • Why a Canton apartment shooting led to life without parole

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📰 News we're reading

• Canton man sentenced to life without parole in 2025 shooting (onlinemadison.com) — A Canton resident has been sentenced to life in prison without parole for fatally shooting a man at the Camden Park Apartments in Canton in July 2025. Prosecutors say 34-year-old James Jaleel Ross, a violent habitual offender, fired a single shot through a car window after a confrontation involving his ex-girlfriend, killing victim Troy Waldrep.
   

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  • CARA's 4th Annual Wine Tasting Fundraiser takes place on October 3 (wlbt.com)
  • Mayor's fun walk returns Wednesday (onlinemadison.com)
  • KBRA Affirms Ratings for BancPlus Corporation (kbra.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A waist of time. (Thank you Martin L. for sending it in!)
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